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  • Summary: The second release for the solo side project of Matmos' Drew Daniel is an electronic black metal covers album.
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  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Magnet
    Jul 18, 2014
    90
    In plain but very powerful terms, it's one of the smartest albums ever released. [No. 111, p.61]
  2. Jun 13, 2014
    90
    On Why Do the Heathen Rage?, Daniel has managed to bring the intellectual and the primal together for one big dance party.
  3. 85
    Rage is, by turns, ridiculous, overly-serious, and self-satisfying. It’s also one helluva EDM record and an intelligent send-up of an otherwise difficult-to-work-with (and work in) music genre.
  4. Jun 17, 2014
    80
    The result is the rare heady corrective that's as fun as it is thoughtful.
  5. Jun 24, 2014
    80
    The striking concept alone is enough to make this album worth a listen. That it turned out to be so inspiring is a happy byproduct of the whole experiment.
  6. Jun 19, 2014
    80
    The most radical makeovers highlight how great some of these songs are.
  7. Mojo
    Jul 24, 2014
    60
    Initial listens may suggest contrived incongruity. Further spins reveal the affectionate smarts behind these acts of desecration. [Jul 2014, p.87]

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